Nawabganj has been known as such since the Nawabi. formerly known as Maila Raiganj The origin of this ta'aluq dates from QidwaiSheikh Ghulam Amir Khan, who, in AD 1756, received from Nawab of Oudh Shuja-ud-Daula the villages of Maila Raiganj, Rasoolpur, Bhainsaria, Durjanpur, etc. To these additions and improvements were made by a subsequent descendant, Raja Lutf Ali Khan of Maila Raiganj., later belong to his son's Raja Sahib Ali Khan and Raja Haidar Ali Khan but in early age Raja Sahib Ali Khan Died. than Haidar Ali takeover his position title obtained the recognition of Government sanad, later he died c.80's., Raja Nawab Ali Khan became Ta'alluqdar of Maila Raiganj Estate, in 1860., 4 Villages and 9 Pattis in Zila Barabanki. Government Revenue, Rs. 6,268. The gaddi Custum of succession Holds in this Family., This ta'alluqdar is Nephew of Raja Farzand Ali Khan Ta'alluqdar of Jahangirabad Raj and son of Raja Mardan Ali Khan and elder brother of Raja Sir Tassaduq Rasul Khan' .[3]
During the Sepoy war of 1857–1858 the whole of the Bara Banki taluqdars joined the mutineers, but offered no serious resistance after the capture of Lucknow.[5][6] In the battle of Nawabganj in 1857 at Nawabganj Sir Hope Grant defeated the revolutionaries.[7]Raja Balbhadra Singh Chehlari along with other 1000 revolutionaries were killed in action while fighting British at Obri around 2km from Barabanki on the confluence of riverlets Rait and Jamuria.[8][9][10][11]
Rani Rasoolpur Palace, Nawabganj.
British Rule
During the British rule Nawabganj headquarters of tehsil and pargana of same name. Area of Nawabganj Pargana around 1878 was 79 square miles and it was bounded in North by Ramnagar and Fatehpur, on the east by Daryabad, on the west by Dewa, and on south by Partabganj. Out of 77 villages, 44 were taluqdar and 33 Mufrad. Out of 44 taluqdari villages 25 were held by Raja Capt. Imtiaz Rasul Khan Taluqdar of Rasoolpur, Nawabganj son of Raja Fida Rasul Khan and younger brother of Maharaja Sir Mohammed Ejaz Rasul Khan K.C.I.E., Kt., C.S.I., the Taluqdar of Jahangirabad Raj Estate , the rest were divided between several neighbouring estates. Nawabganj contained village of Bara Banki which had civil railway station having junction on Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (about half a mile north of the town).[12]
As of 2001[update] India census,[13] Nawabganj had a population of 75,087. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nawabganj has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 62%. In Nawabganj, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The Nawabganj Municipal Board (or Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj ) was constituted on 16 July 1884, under the North-Western provinces and Oudh Municipalities Act, 1883. According to census of 2001 Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj covers an area of 12km² with population of 75,741. It consists of seven sections for providing civic amenities to its citizens, they are:[15]
Revenue Section
Public Works Section
Health & Sanitation Section
Water Works
Street Light
Nazul
Accounts, Establishment & Records
Nagar Palika Parishad Nawabganj has 25 wards.[16] They are:
↑ Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudhed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp.8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014. nanpara.
↑ Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudhed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp.8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014. nanpara.
↑ Benett, William Charles (1878). Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh...: H to M (Volume 2 of Gazetteer of the Province of Oudhed.). Printed at the Oudh Government Press. pp.8–10. Retrieved 6 August 2014. nanpara.
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